Drew@sopuli.xyz to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoApparently a right-wing deacon said thissopuli.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square211fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkApparently a right-wing deacon said thissopuli.xyzDrew@sopuli.xyz to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square211fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoDaniel 8 and 11 here are talking about a prophecy that has already “been fulfilled” - common in the Bible to make these kinds of retroactive prophecies. The bad guy being described there is Antiochus.
minus-squareigg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 days agoThat is just Daniel 8. Daniel 11 could reasonably be talking about modern times
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoCould literally be talking about billions of people from a period spanning thousands of years.
minus-squareFluke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoWhich is why some people still hold it up as a valuable text. It’s a well written book of scams to keep the ignorant masses in line. It is, in essence, a compilation of the vague shite that “fortune tellers” spew to the marks looking to be told what they want to hear.
Daniel 8 and 11 here are talking about a prophecy that has already “been fulfilled” - common in the Bible to make these kinds of retroactive prophecies. The bad guy being described there is Antiochus.
That is just Daniel 8. Daniel 11 could reasonably be talking about modern times
Could literally be talking about billions of people from a period spanning thousands of years.
Which is why some people still hold it up as a valuable text. It’s a well written book of scams to keep the ignorant masses in line.
It is, in essence, a compilation of the vague shite that “fortune tellers” spew to the marks looking to be told what they want to hear.